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Creating Audio and Data Discs

(Select models only)

This chapter contains the procedures you must perform to record (or burn) music and data files to recordable CD and DVD discs. It also includes information about labeling your discs using the LightScribe labeling technology included on select models.

For information about recording video files to DVDs, see “Sonic MyDVD Video Projects” on page 81.

Your HP Media Center PC may include one or more CD, DVD, or combination optical drives capable of recording. Additionally, your HP Media Center PC may include the following software programs for recording to CDs or DVDs:

■iTunes

■Windows Media Player

■Sonic MyDVD Plus (Select models only)

■Sonic DigitalMedia Plus

■Windows XP

These programs include features that enable you to copy, archive, and manage music and data files and then record the files to CDs or DVDs. You can also use iTunes or Windows Media Player to download and copy music files to a portable device or memory card.

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Erasing Rewritable Discs Before Recording

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Burn is an industry term used to describe

Previously recorded files on rewritable discs must be erased before recording new files. CD-R, DVD+R, and DVD-R discs cannot be erased.

To erase a rewritable disc in Sonic DigitalMedia Plus:

1 Open the DigitalMedia Plus program by clicking Start, All Programs, Sonic, and then DigitalMedia Home.

2 Click Tools and then Erase Disc.

3 Insert the rewritable disc you want to erase.

4 Click the Quick Erase or Full Erase option, and then Erase Disc.

the recording of information onto a DVD or CD. Optical recording uses a laser beam to place information onto the disc, thus the term burning.

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